# BROWNING-FERRIS INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34000`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $104K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BROWNING-FERRIS INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CASE SYNOPSIS:                                               THIS ACTION IS AN ACTION AGAINST BFI TO ENFORCE THE CWA.     AT ITS TRUCK MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN HOUSTON, TX, DEFENDANT  HAS VIOLATED NUMERIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE NPDES PERMIT        ISSUED TO DEFENDANT BY THE US EPA, REGION VI ON NOV. 16,     1979, WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF FEB 17, 1980.  IN ADDITION   TO VIOLATING PERMIT TERMS, DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO OPERATE    AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT WITHOUT HAVING APPLIED FOR A  NEW PERMIT.  FURTHER, DEFENDANT HAS DISCHARGED VIA TWO UN-   PERMITTED STORMWATER OUTFALLS.                               *                                                            DEFENDANT SERVES THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY AS A REFUSE HAULER.   THE FACILITY INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER IS AN OVERNIGHT PARKING AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR DEFENDANT'S REFUSE TRUCKS.  THE TREATMENT PLANT FOR THIS FACILITY IS A PACKAGE UNIT CON-     SISTING OF AN AERATION UNIT, A CLARIFICATION UNIT, AND A     CHLORINE CONTACT UNIT.  PRECEDING THE PACKAGE TREATMENT      PLANT IS AN EQUALIZATION BASIN.

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